Inbreeding increases the risk of many genetic diseases.
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Inbreeding
Synonyms for "inbreeding" (10 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 20 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 近交 noun (breeding between members of small population)
- 近親交配 /近亲交配 noun (breeding between members of small population)
- 近親繁殖 /近亲繁殖 noun (breeding between members of small population)
Danish
1 entries- indavl noun (breeding between members of small population)
Dutch
1 entries- inteelt noun (breeding between members of small population)
Finnish
1 entries- sisäsiitos noun (breeding between members of small population)
French
1 entries- consanguinité noun (breeding between members of small population)
German
1 entries- Inzucht noun (breeding between members of small population)
Greek
1 entries- ενδογαμία noun (breeding between members of small population)
Hungarian
2 entries- beltenyészet noun (breeding between members of small population)
- beltenyésztés noun (breeding between members of small population)
Indonesian
2 entries- silang dalam noun (breeding between members of small population)
- silang sanak noun (breeding between members of small population)
Japanese
1 entries- 近親交配 noun (breeding between members of small population)
Korean
1 entries- 근친교배 noun (breeding between members of small population)
Malay
1 entries- biakbaka dalam noun (breeding between members of small population)
Manx
1 entries- ynsheelraghey noun (breeding between members of small population)
Māori
2 entries- aitata noun (breeding between members of small population)
- pūpukurau noun (breeding between members of small population)
Norwegian
1 entries- innavl noun (breeding between members of small population)
Polish
1 entries- chów wsobny noun (breeding between members of small population)
Portuguese
1 entries- endocruzamento noun (breeding between members of small population)
Russian
3 entries- инбри́динг noun (breeding between members of small population)
- инцу́хт noun (breeding between members of small population)
- межро́дственное скре́щивание noun (breeding between members of small population)
Spanish
1 entries- endogamia noun (breeding between members of small population)
Swedish
1 entries- inavel noun (breeding between members of small population)
Sample sentences
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The findings are a warning to conservationists that keeping a small pool of endangered animals could result in inbreeding and genomic meltdown.
Source: tatoeba (11939546)
These models, or "population viability analyses," assess the risk of extinction over time based on computational iterations that play out how a herd may expand and contract (with births and deaths) and genetically evolve given the interplay of the number, age and sex of animals in the herd; reproductive traits; influx of new genetics vs. inbreeding; management actions (culling/hunting); and potential effects of random events such as disease, drought and fire.
Source: tatoeba (12363552)
Inbreeding can result in handicapped children.
Source: wiktionary
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